--- title: Mate says rain should kill ya, it falls from a mile up. what do you… — Why things fall: the apple and the pul… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate says rain should kill ya, it falls from a mile up. what do you say? Test 5 of lesson 1 «Why things fall: the apple and the pull of the Earth» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/1-why-things-fall/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Why things fall: the apple and the pul…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/1-why-things-fall/) / t5 # Test 5 · Why things fall: the apple and the pull of the Earth Mate says rain should kill ya, it falls from a mile up. what do you say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, rain, you · **What happens:** say, kill, fall up · **To what, where:** ya · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 of lesson 1 «Why things fall: the apple and the pull of the Earth» of the physics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/physics/1-why-things-fall/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t5:1 # text = Mate says rain should kill ya, it falls from a mile up. what do you say? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 ya you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 obj _ _ 16 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **kill** | should | rain | ya | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 3 | **fall up** | present | rain | | | | | from a mile | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mile=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Rain is too light for gravity ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t5:o1:1 # text = Rain is too light for gravity 1 Rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Rain | | | | | for gravity; light *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Clouds throw rain very gently ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t5:o2:1 # text = Clouds throw rain very gently 1 Clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 throw throw VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 gently gently ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | present | Clouds | rain | | | | gently *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Air slows each drop to a steady speed ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t5:o3:1 # text = Air slows each drop to a steady speed 1 Air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slows slow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 steady steady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slow** | present | Air | each drop | | | | to a steady speed | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent drop=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Raindrops slow down as they get near us ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:1-why-things-fall:t5:o4:1 # text = Raindrops slow down as they get near us 1 Raindrops raindrop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slow slow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 near near ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slow down** | present | Raindrops | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **get** | present | Raindrops *= raindrop* | | | | | near us | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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